Holder



S. B. T. WORDEN.

HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 6. I920.

1,433, 1 67 Patented Oct. 241, 1922.

. wan-flag, I I I I I'NVENTOR ATTOR EY$ Patented @ct. 2d, 1922.

UHTE sires STANLEY B. 'r. wonnnn, or NEW Y RK, N. Y.

HOLDER.

Application filed March 6,

T all whom it may concern Be known that I, STANLEY B T. WORDEN, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York,county of Bronx, and State of New York, have invented an Improvement inHolders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to holders for containers and more particularlyto holders for such collapsible tubular containers as are usuallyprovided for tooth paste, shaving cream, and like substan One of theobjects of ildis invention is to provide a simple and practical holdertowhich a collapsible tube or container may be readily secured and whichwill permit of an easy and convenient manipulation in manually ejectingthe contents of the container. Other objects will be in part obvious orin part pointed out hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings in which is shown a preferred embodiment ofthis invention for purposes of illustration, t

Figure 1 is a plan view, Figure 2 is a side elevation partly in sec tionof a holder illustrative of this invention,

Figures 3 and 4 are respectively right and left hand end views,

Figures 5 and 6 are respectively a view in plan and a side elevationshowing a holders as applied to a collapsible tubular container.

Referring to the drawingsand particularly to Figures 1 and 2 there isshown a holder comprising a main supporting member 10 made preferably ofsheet metal and shaped tocon orm substantially to the contour of acollapsible tubular container 11 as shown in Figures 5 and 6. The mainframe member 10 is substantially fiat at its right hand end portion fromwhich it gradually tapers toward its left hand end to a slightly lesseffective width than the. width at its right hand end. portion. Themember 10, in addition to having its effective width decreased slightlyin the direction from its right, hand end to its left hand end, isformed into upwardly extending side portions, the member 10 varying inits cross section from substantially a strai ht line at its right handend to substantial y a semi-- circle at its left hand end. The mainmember is thus nearly conformed to the contour of a substantial portionof the container 11. At its right hand end the member 10 is providedwith up-turned' llps 12 and 13,

1920. Serial No. 363,735.

stantially 'semi circular in section, there is provided an up-turned endportion 16, more clearly shown in Figures 3 and 4, this end port-ionbeing .provided at substantially its center with an aperture 17preferably counter-sunk from the inside to provide a circular knife edge18. The end member 16 may beg made integrally with the main supportingmember 10 or maybe made separately and suitably secured to theend of themember 10 by soldering. or by any convenient method. The end member 16tapers outwardly from the central portion in which the aperture 18 ismade to the semi-circular left hand end portion of the member 10. Thetaper of'the end portion 16 is preferabl made substantially similar tothetaper o the end portion 19 of the container 11. The main member 10may be readily stamped out of sheet metal "and formed in the mannerhereinbefore described, the lips 12 and 13 being bent inwardly as ismore clearly shown in Figure 3. If desired the-righthand end portion ofthe member 10 may be provided with an aperture 20 which may be made inan ex-.

tension of the member 10 for a purpose to be hereinafter made clear.

The container 11 is of the usual collapsible tubular constructiongenerally provided for substances like-tooth paste, f0 example, and atone end thereof is closed y a clamping member 21 at which end thecontainer 11 tapers down to a substantially flattened end or straightline. Approaching its opposlte end the container 11 gradually tapersinto a substantially cylindrical shape at the end of which it terminatesin the tapered end portion 19 which in turn terminates in a threadedtubular extension 22 of reduced diameter. The tubular extension 22provides an exit for the material within the container and upon itsthreaded portion is adapted to receive a cap 23.

The container 11 is first slightly flattened on the under side topresent'a substantially straight line lower edge to conformsubstantially with the center line of the main supporting member 1Q. Thecap 23 is thereupon removed from the container 11 and the containerinserted into the holder,

the flattened end portion 21 being inserted under the over-turned lips12 and 13 whereby the end portion is held in slidable enent. with themain member 10. The container 11 is then moved to the left with respectto the main member-10 to permit the tubular extension 22 to be alignedwith the openin or aperture 17 in the end member 16. ovement to theleftwith respect to the main member 10 is thereupon given to thecontainer 11, the threaded tubular extension 22 entering the aperture 17and the knife edge 18'of the counter-sunk or tapered aperture 17engaging the threaded portion of the extension 22. The container 11 isthus securely positioned within the holder, the up-turned end portion 16with its associated apertures 17 and knife edge 18 locking the container11 against both longitudinal and lateral movement with respect to theholder, itself. The member 10, being conformed or shaped to the contourof the lower or under part of the container 11, provides a substantialsupport therefor and provides for acontinuous support for the container11 against which pressure may be exerted to collapse the container- 11to cause its contents to be emitted from the tubular extension 22.Preferably the pressure is applied first at the right hand or flattenedend of the container. and is applied progressively toward the left handend as the contents of the container is diminished.

In manipulating a collapsible tubular container such as the container11,.the material .coming out of the tubular extension 22 is oftentimesextended to a greater length than is desired the emission continuingafter release of pressure upon the container and in order to prevent thewaste of such superfluously emitted material, the container '11 may bedepressed at one or both of its lateral portions exposed by the recesses14 and 15,

such depression causing the flattened end portion to be raised slightly,thus increasing the interior volume of the container. Such increase involume will be met by a withdrawal by atmospheric pressure into thecontainer 11 of the excessive amount of material extending through thetube 22. The recesses 14 and 15 are preferably made of such dimensionsthat they will each readily accommodate a fingerof the hand forlaterally depressing the flattened end portion of the container.

The cap 23- after use has been made of the holder and container, may bereplaced and screwed upon the threaded tubular ex= tension 22, thus notonly closing the tube 11 but so securely locking the container to theholder. The holder and its container may thereupon be hung up on a hookor pm which is received by the aperture '20 in the main supportingmember 10.

As various possible embodiments may be made in the above invention andas various changes might be made in the embodiment above set forth, itis to be understood that all matter herein set forth or shown in theaccompanying drawings is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in alimiting sense.

tainer shaped to fit closely against one side of and encase one half ofsaid container,

having inwardly bent lugs at one end for engaging the flattened end ofsaid container permitting relative longitudinal movement whilepreventing relative lateral movement between said container, and saidmember and having recesses adjacent said lugs to give access to theedges of the container, said frame member having at, its opposite end anupturned portion .for' interlocking with the threaded extension,substantially as'and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my,

name to this specification this 3rd day of March, 1920.

STANLEY B. T. WORDEN.

